Bagels sliced “St. Louis style” which is an affront to both God and naturePhoto: Alek Krautmann

Have you seen a lot of posts about St. Louis-style food today? It’s not a very appetizing sight, to say the least. But it’s damn funny if you know how it all got started.

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Alek Krautmann, a program coordination officer at NOAA in Washington, D.C., tweeted on Monday about how he introduced his coworkers to the “St. Louis secret” of ordering bagels that are sliced like bread. But the tweet really took off today. And while this bagel-cutting method may look ridiculous to an outsider, it inspired one of the best new memes I’ve seen in a very long time.

Here, for example, is a St. Louis-style hot dog, just like Mom used to make.